Functional electrical stimulation-induced surface muscle stiffness captured by computer-controlled tonometry

Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 244-247

  Rafolt, Dietmar ^a,c   Gallasch, Eugen ^b   Fend, Martin ^b   Bijak, Manfred ^a   Lanmüller, Hermann ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electrostimulation; Indentation; Muscle belly; Tissue mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

CALF MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; INDENTORS; MECHANICAL; MUSCLE BELLY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; SURFACE STIFFNESS; TEST SYSTEMS; TISSUE MECHANICAL PROPERTY;

MUSCLE;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0036227895     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2002.06943.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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